Bewdley & Stourport
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Bewdley & Stourport
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Type 1, designed by J. Crabbe, printed by Bewdley Printing Company, Bewdley on gummed paper, rouletted about 5, in sheets of 25, margin at left only, stamps imperforate on the other three sides of the sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to five partly-perforated varieties from three sides and two corners). First day covers produced with either Bewdley or Stourport postmark. (used normal commercial Christmas Covers).
Types 2 to 6, designed by J. Crabbe (Types 2, 4 & 6 and FDCs), H.S.Crabbe (Types 3 & 5), printed by Bewdley Printing Company, Bewdley on gummed paper, rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50, margin at left only, stamps imperforate three sides of sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to two perforation variations for types 2-5 and five variations on type 6). First day covers with full set of stamps produced with either Bewdley or Stourport postmark. (used locally designed covers).
Types 7 to 11, designed by J. Crabbe (Type 9 and FDCs), H.S.Crabbe (Types 7, 10 & 11), 'Design by Lloyd' (Type 8), printed by Bewdley Printing Company, Bewdley on gummed paper, rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50, margin at left only, stamps imperforate three sides of sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to two perforation variations for types 7-10 and five variations on type 11). First day covers with full set of stamps produced with either Bewdley or Stourport postmark. (used locally designed covers).
Types 12 to 16, designed by J. Crabbe (Types 12, 14 & 16 and FDCs), H.S.Crabbe (Types 13 & 15), original Gilwell badge artwork for Type 14 provided by Stuart Beasley from Gilwell Park, printed by Bewdley Printing Company, Kidderminster on gummed paper, rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50, margin at left only, imperforate three sides of sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to two perforation variations for types 12-15 and five variations on type 16). Sponsored by D W Pound Buildings, Klark Teknik and Whittle Coaches. First day covers with full set of stamps produced using locally designed covers.
Types 17 to 21, designed by J. Crabbe (Types 18, 19 & 20 and FDCs), B. & E. Attwood (Types 17 & 21), based on royalty-free clip-art pictures. Printed by Bewdley Printing Company, Kidderminster on gummed paper, rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50, margin at left only, imperforate three sides of sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to two perforation variations for types 17-20 and five variations on type 21). Sponsored by C D Hughes (Carpets), B Ince (Bewdley) and Eric Firkins (Farm Supplies). First day covers with full set of stamps produced using locally designed covers.
Types 22 to 26, designed by J. Crabbe (Types 22, 23, 25 & 26 and FDCs), based on royalty-free clip-art pictures. Printed by Bewdley Printing Company, Kidderminster on gummed paper, rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50, imperforate three sides of sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to two perforation variations for types 22-25 and five variations on type 26). Sponsored by Eric Firkins (Farm Supplies), B Ince (Bewdley), C D Hughes (Carpets) and Parweld. First day covers with full set of stamps produced using locally designed covers.
Type P1 - used on all mail posted in Bewdley, 1991-2 + FDCs in 1993.
Type P2 - used on all mail posted in Stourport, 1991-2 + FDCs in 1993.
Type P3 - used on ordinary mail posted in Bewdley, 1993-6.
Type P4 - used on ordinary mail posted in Stourport, 1993-6.
Type P5 - used on FDCs posted in Bewdley and Stourport, 1994-6. (issue dates were preprinted on the covers).
| Year | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| Start | 1 Dec | 1 Dec | 25 Nov | 25 Nov | 25 Nov | 25 Nov | None | None | None | None |
| Printed | 20,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | None | None | None | None |
| Sold | 12,000 | 17,000 | 25,000 | 32,000 | 34,000 | 40,000 | None | None | None | None |
| Carried | 9,000 | 14,000 | 22,000 | 27,000 | 29,000 | 34,000 | None | None | None | None |
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